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She is a freelance writer, editor, breast cancer and depression survivor, environmental advocate, dog mother to three asPins and a three-legged pusPin, and BTS Army Tita. She is an occasional online English writing coach and grammar nazi, and is happily blowing her hard-earned money on scuba-diving while she can still carry an air tank.
    An idiot’s guide to the country’s 15-km municipal fishing zones
    Art/Style/Travel Diaries
    July 21, 2026

    An idiot’s guide to the country’s 15-km municipal fishing zones

    By Alya B. Honasan
    Boat photos by Danny Ocampo/OCEANA IT is, in a word, sickening. In an excerpt from the 2025 British documentary film Ocean with David…
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    Why Ernest Escaler believes the Guadalupe tilma is 'Mama Mary’s selfie’
    Passions and Obsessions
    July 15, 2026

    Why Ernest Escaler believes the Guadalupe tilma is 'Mama Mary’s selfie’

    By Alya B. Honasan
    Ernest Escaler, chair of the Guadalupe Pilgrimage Committee that has made possible the ongoing tour of the pilgrim tilma of Our Lady of…
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    'Babae Sa Septic Tank 4’: From UP’s 'Uge' to Eugene Domingo, comedy superstar
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    July 1, 2026

    'Babae Sa Septic Tank 4’: From UP’s 'Uge' to Eugene Domingo, comedy superstar

    By Alya B. Honasan
    Photos from the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) Facebook page ‘Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank 4: Oh Sh*t! It’s Live Sa…
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    Chasing Guadalupe, nuestra madre, right here
    Passions and Obsessions
    June 23, 2026

    Chasing Guadalupe, nuestra madre, right here

    By Alya B. Honasan
    NOT to say that I have a direct line to Mama Mary, but—she’s been quite an undeniable presence in my life over the years. Last…
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    How I stalked Jose Rizal in Heidelberg, Germany
    Art/Style/Travel Diaries
    June 22, 2026

    How I stalked Jose Rizal in Heidelberg, Germany

    By Alya B. Honasan
    All photos by Alya B. Honasan Go to my native land, go, foreign flowers, Sown by the traveler on his way, And there, beneath its azure…
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    My adventures with Mandy Navasero
    Before I Forget
    June 17, 2026

    My adventures with Mandy Navasero

    By Alya B. Honasan
    WHEN I was a young, greenhorn feature writer and had mustered the courage to approach Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc, then editor of Sunday Inquirer…
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    Pets become top seeds, too, in the grand slams
    Passions and Obsessions
    June 9, 2026

    Pets become top seeds, too, in the grand slams

    By Alya B. Honasan
    Aryna Sabalenka with Ash Pro tennis players need a lot of things to excel: disciple, determination, good training—and nowadays…
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    Jesus Christ Superstar rises again—and so does my faith experience 
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    May 22, 2026

    Jesus Christ Superstar rises again—and so does my faith experience 

    By Alya B. Honasan
    ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ runs until May 31, 2026 at The Theatre at Solaire. I was nine years old when Jesus Christ Superstar the movie…
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    Pinakurat cocktail, three kinds of tenga: Feasting through Philippine history
    Home and Kitchen Diaries
    May 6, 2026

    Pinakurat cocktail, three kinds of tenga: Feasting through Philippine history

    By Alya B. Honasan
    THE first time I met chef Francis Lacson, he had won his second Doreen Gamboa Fernandez Food Writing Award for writing about, of all things…
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